There are now numerous reports that between two and seven people were shot at 5th Avenue and 34th Street near the Empire State Building around 9 this morning. The New York Post currently says only two were shot. But the Twitter feed NYScanner reports that seven people were shot in total, including the shooter, who was killed by police. Of the other six victims, five are reportedly stable and one is in serious condition.

We'll update this story as more information comes in.

Updates:

10:00 AM EST: A witness described the shooter as a "young white guy" to local news station Fox 5.

10:04 AM EST: NBC4 reports that the shooter was a disgruntled employee who worked in the Empire State Building.

10:09 AM EST: The New York Post says the shooting was the result of coworker dispute that turned violent. It's also reporting that 10 people were shot in total, though only two were killed: one innocent bystander and the shooter, who was killed by police.

10:23 AM EST: Reader Brooke R. works near the Empire State Building and sent in this photo, which shows police near a covered body.

10:39 AM EST: The New York Daily Newsreports that the shooter was "well-dressed," wearing a grey suit and carrying a briefcase.

10:48 AM EST: A picture submitted by an anonymous reader shows the body of a male wearing jeans. This image conflicts with earlier reports that the only two people killed in the shooting were a woman and the shooter, who was said to be in a grey suit.

11:03 AM EST: The New York Post has updated its story. It's now saying that the man in the grey suit "stalked" a colleague down 33rd Street before shooting him dead and then heading toward the Empire State Building, where he opened fire on a corner crowded with morning commuters.

11:15 AM EST: The Onion weighs in, amending its story from yesterday, "Nation Celebrates Full Week Without Deadly Mass Shooting": "UPDATE: Never Mind."

11:29 AM EST: The Guardianreports that the dead shooter was Jeffrey Johnson, 53. Johnson stalked his victim, 41, before shooting him three times in the head and body with a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun and fleeing the scene. A construction worker who'd seen the shooting alerted cops, at which point police approached Johnson only to have him open fire on them. Johnson had worked at Hazan Imports as a women's accessories designer before being laid off last year.

11:30 AM EST: Bloomberg says he's not sure if the construction worker who tipped off the cops is a hero: "I don't know, we all use the words hero. He did what he should have done ... When he saw something, he said something and then turned it over to the professionals."

11:52 AM EST: Bloomberg's press conference confirms that besides Johnson and his initial victim, nine others were injured in the shootout—two women and seven men. Johnson's gun only held eight bullets, and he used three of them on his former colleague, meaning that at least some of the other nine people must have been shot by police. Luckily, none has life-threatening injuries.

12:07 PM EST: Johnson's first victim, initially described as a "coworker," was his former manager.